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Got a yearning a while back to draw these two leading ladies from two favorite superhero cartoons of mine. You know how whenever the questions is asked “who’s the best Batman, Michael Keaton or Christian Bale?” everyone answers “Kevin Conroy”? I feel the same way about Dana Delany’s Lois Lane from “Superman: The Animated Series” from the 1990′s. She really struck the balance between tough as nails reporter, sassy modern woman, and classic damsel in distress. From her very first scene in “Last Son of Krypton” I thought “Yes. They’ve nailed it.”
BJ Ward’s Betty Ross from the 1982 Incredible Hulk cartoon was a more quiet kind of awesome. As far as I know this was the first time Betty was upgraded to be a colleague of Bruce Banner–something that’s become common in most animated and film versions since. The comic Betty, still years from becoming Red She-Hulk, had struggled to escape her “Damsel in Distress” role, often played as emotionally fragile and hysterical. This Betty was quite different. Watch the whole series and you start to realize Betty is the Chuck Norris of the show. She’s a brilliant scientist. She is trusted with a secret mission transporting gold in Paris. She can make an egotistical mad scientist curl up in a fetal position in a corner with a few harsh words. She’s qualified on a top secret military plane and can operate a space shuttle BY HERSELF. Watch the infamous “Enter She-Hulk” episode and you’ll realize it’s actually Betty who brings down Hydra and saves Los Angeles because the Hulks are too busy fighting each other. And in the final episode, Betty actually takes down the Hulk–without, or rather, in spite of– the help of the US Military. You go, girl!

Manga Studio 5
August 17th, 2015

*Lois Lane copyright DC Entertainment and Warner Brothers Animation .
*Betty Ross copyright Marvel Entertainment .

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Got a yearning a while back to draw these two leading ladies from two favorite superhero cartoons of mine. You know how whenever the questions is asked “who’s the best Batman, Michael Keaton or Christian Bale?” everyone answers “Kevin Conroy”? I feel the same way about Dana Delany’s Lois Lane from “Superman: The Animated Series” from the 1990′s. She really struck the balance between tough as nails reporter, sassy modern woman, and classic damsel in distress. From her very first scene in “Last Son of Krypton” I thought “Yes. They’ve nailed it.”
BJ Ward’s Betty Ross from the 1982 Incredible Hulk cartoon was a more quiet kind of awesome. As far as I know this was the first time Betty was upgraded to be a colleague of Bruce Banner–something that’s become common in most animated and film versions since. The comic Betty, still years from becoming Red She-Hulk, had struggled to escape her “Damsel in Distress” role, often played as emotionally fragile and hysterical. This Betty was quite different. Watch the whole series and you start to realize Betty is the Chuck Norris of the show. She’s a brilliant scientist. She is trusted with a secret mission transporting gold in Paris. She can make an egotistical mad scientist curl up in a fetal position in a corner with a few harsh words. She’s qualified on a top secret military plane and can operate a space shuttle BY HERSELF. Watch the infamous “Enter She-Hulk” episode and you’ll realize it’s actually Betty who brings down Hydra and saves Los Angeles because the Hulks are too busy fighting each other. And in the final episode, Betty actually takes down the Hulk–without, or rather, in spite of– the help of the US Military. You go, girl!

Manga Studio 5
August 17th, 2015

*Lois Lane copyright DC Entertainment and Warner Brothers Animation .
*Betty Ross copyright Marvel Entertainment .